Bolster-stake holder.



G. FAUST. BOLSTER STAKE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1913.

1,077,693. v Patented N0v.4, 1913.

CASPER FAUSI, OF OSHKOSI-I, WTSGONSIN.

BOLSTER-STAKE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-Nov. 4;, 1913.

. Application filed. April 11, 1913. Serial No. 760,457.

1 '0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CASPER FAUST, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Oshkosh, in the county of lVinnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bolster- Stake Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention refers to releasable holders for bolster stakes, its object being to provide a simple, economical and effective holder of this type, which holder, when locked, cannot be released except by a manual operation, the said holder being so constructed and arranged as to eliminate springs or other delicate mechanism which might be inadvertently disordered by the severe uses to which appliances of the above general type are put.

Another'object of my invention is to provide means in connection with the stakes, whereby when they are released from their holders they will remain suspended from the carrier, this feature being particularly desirable in instances where the load of the carrier is discharged upon trestles or into side pits; I

The invention is particularly adapted for use in connection with flat cars for retaining and releasing loads of logs or analogous freight, it being understood that the apparatus is applicable to any type of freightcarrying vehicle, the general idea being to provide means for releasing the stakes upon that side of the carrier from which the load is to be discharged, whereby the danger to the operator of receiving injury from the sliding load is eliminated.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a cross-sectional View of the body portion of a carrier equipped with a set of bolster-stake holders embodying the features of my invention; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same with the stakes in section as indicated by line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detailed end view of one of the holders with one of a set of jaws I in section, and Fig. 4, a fragmentary crosssection of the same, the section being indicated by line H of Fig. 3.

Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents a sill that is secured to the body of a flat car. Fitted to the sides of the sill adjacent to each end thereof is a pair of cap-plates 2, the pairs being secured by bolts 3 that pass through the sill. The

cap-plates are also secured together by a bridge-plate t that abuts the end of the sill and is provided with threaded nipples which pass through apertures in the cap-plates, the nipples being secured by suitable nuts, whereby the cap-plates are rigidly connected. Each pair of cap-plates projects beyond the sill end to form stake-holder pockets and terminates with upper and lower jaws 5, 5, respectively. The upper jaw is provided with an overhanging hook nose 6 and the lower aw has a downwardly curved nose 6. Between these jaws there is formed a seat for a saddle-plate 7 that is, as shown, fitted between the jaws and is also provided with inturned flanges 8, which flanges engage the adjacent side-walls of the capplates, whereby said saddle-plate is held against lateral play. Thus it is apparent that the saddle, in conjunction with the projecting ends of the cap-plates and bridgeplate 4-, form a stake'pocket. Each saddle is detachably suspended from the sill by means of a runner in the form of a chain 9, an end of which is permanently secured to one of the companion cap-plates from which point the chain is wound about the outer face of the saddle-plate and is permanently secured to said outer faceby a rivet 9 or other suitable means. A link of the chain 9 is fitted over a cleat 10, which cleat projects from the opposite cap-plate, whereby the saddleplate is held rigidly within its seat between the jaw-members 5 and 5' of the cap-plates. The cleat 10 is suitably apertured for the reception of a locking pin 11, which locking pin prevents disengagement of the chain. Thus it is apparent that when the saddleplate is inserted in position with relation to the cap-plates it is held in such relation bv the chain, which chain sustains the load. From the cleat 10 the chain is extended to the far side of a sill at which point 'it is again anchored by one of its links being fit ted over a second cleat 10'. this link'being also locked. by a pin 11 which engages an aperture of the cleat. The stake-holder at the opposite end of the sill is a duplicate of that just described, its chain 12 beingfirst locked in connection with the cleat 10 and thereafter in connection with the cleat 10 at that side of the sill opposite the last mentioned stake-holder. Stakes 13 are fitted into the holder pockets and for the purpose of dividing the strain of the load the sa id stakes are connected by a chain ltthatis adjusted to the stakes when-the loadis partly completed. Thereafter the'reinaind'ei. of the load is piled upon chain l4: and a seeond ofi" binding chain 15 is secured over the ends of the stakes, being connected thereto by suitable: downturned hooks. lVhen the load is discharged the chain 14 will strip from its engagement with the release stake or stakes and the upper or binding chain 15 serves as a retainer for the stakes, whereby the latter is prevented from dropping with the load, a contingency which is undesirable in'all in stances.

The lower ends'of the stakes, as shown, are provided with shouldered shanks which enter the stake-holders and in order to prevent wear of the shouldered portion of said shanks each of the same is provided with an angle-iron rub-plate13 whiclirub-p'late rests up'onthe upper face of-theb'rid 's-plate atan'dthu's eliminates wearwhile at the same time this rub-plate also presents a metallic surface or shoe in order that the stake can more readily slide outward upon the upper surface of the cap-plates when said stake is released. By this simple arrangement of stakeholder it is obvious that the strain of the load being discharged from the upper edges of the cap-plates is resisted by said cap-plates which form metallic tracks for the discharged load, and furthermore'it is apparent that upon release of the chain which is connected to the saddle-plate, that said saddle-plate will readily drop from its position between the jaws of the cap-plates and remain in suspension during the dis charge of the load. Thus-there is no strain put upon these parts and should it be desired to replace any one of said parts it can be readily efiected.

Attention is also called to the fact that the sets of cleats for each chain are correspondingly curved, whereby the chains may be readily stripped. therefrom incidental to a releasing operation, themeth odof releasing being to first withdraw the cleat pin 11 adjacent to that stake which is to be released. Thereafter the operator passes to the far side of the carrier and throws ofi the chain from the cleat 11, whereby the saddle will drop clear of. the cap-plates, permitting the retained end". of the stake to be forcedout of the j pocket by the impact or the load.

It is also apparent, owingito-the peculiar.

ar rangement oi retaining-chains 15; that when the-load o'fl'logsiis v released the stakesnowgees will ride over said logs as they flow from the carrier and thus be held from entanglement within the logs, while at the same time the stakes are held against dropping to a position between cars on a parallel track, or

V on the adjacent roadway or skidwa-y, whereby they would cause a jam of the logs and prevent free discharge thereof upon the said roadway or skldway, and, furthermore should the stakes assume such position the load of logs crowding thereon would have a tendency to break or otherwise seriously damage the stakes. These features have all been demonstrated in practice in the operation of releasable stake holders and are therefore an essential element of my invention.

It will be readily understood that this dividable stake holder will form a pocket which, in practice, has the function of holding a stake as rigidly as a solid pocket.

I claim:

1.- A bolster stake holder comprising a sill, a pair of-chains each having one end secured to the sideof the sill adjacent to its end,- a detachable saddle-plate permanently secured to each chain pairs of cap-plates secured to the sill sides adjacent to the ends of the same having extensions projecting beyond the sill ends each pair of cap-plates being provided with saddle-plate receiving jaws, and means for locking the chains'to the sills.

A bolster stake holder comprising a sill,

cap-plates extending from its ends having upper and lower jaws, asaddle-plate adapted to bridge the cap-plates between the j aws, a chain permanently secured to one of the cap-plates and to the saddle-plate, the chain being extended to that side of the sill opposite thecap-plates referred to; and a cleat for engagement with a link of the chain.

3. A bolster stake holder comprising a sill, pair of cap-plates projecting end, the cap plates being provided with upper and lower jaw-members, a saddle-plate extending transversely of the cap-plates and fitted between the jaw members, flanges eX tending inwardly from the ends of the saddle-plate for ei'igagement with the side faces ofthe cap-plates a chain. permanently secured to the sill and saddle-plate and means extending from the far side of the sill for effecting locking engagement with the chain.

In testimony that claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in the-county of Milwaukee and State of WViscousin in the presence of two witnesses.

. CASPER FAUST.

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